Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Chesapeake Watershed CESU

Post Date

June 5th 2014

Application Due Date

June 17th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G14AS00075

CFDA Number(s)

15.808

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUкs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $487044

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to partner of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) for the purpose of conducting regional-scale investigations on effects of land management and ecosystem carbon sequestration. The overall objective is to conduct a multiple-site assessment, focusing on ecological carbon storage and GHG fluxes under the present conditions and future scenarios, as determined by key natural and anthropogenic processes including climate change, wildfire, other natural disturbances, land use, and land management. A central hypothesis of the study is that conservation policies such as national parks and national wilderness designations would avoid loss of existing carbon stock and increase carbon sequestration, at the same time as they are beneficial to habitat conditions and biodiversity.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/